Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

It’s easy to create a plan to pass financial accounts directly to heirs before you die and avoid the probate process after death. All you have to do is complete a form from your financial institution ...

Probate is the court-supervised process of validating a deceased person’s will. It involves identifying the person’s final assets, paying last debts and distributing property to the proper heirs. And ...

A few months ago, my elderly neighbor died. He and his late wife were the original owners of their home, built around 1960. One day, as I was driving past the house, I noticed one of my former college ...

Q: Eleven years ago, my wife and I set up a trust and know we must restructure it now. We did not place our home in the trust, as I felt we would sell it and move to a smaller home. Why do we need a ...